- 62 Deaf/HH volunteers served in 14 different countries.
- Benin – 1
- Ghana - 1
- Guyana - 1
- Jamaica – 1
- Malaysia – 1
- Papua New Guinea - 1
- Sierra Leone – 1
- St. Vincent - 1
- Nepal - 2
- St. Lucia – 2
- Zambia - 3
- Ecuador - 9
- Kenya - 22
- Philippines – 25
- The first Deaf/HH volunteer served in the Philippines in 1967.
- 7 Deaf/HH volunteers Early Terminated (ET) for various reasons.
- There are few Deaf/HH volunteers that served in more than one country, some served for more than 2 years, and some served in more than one country.
- Two Deaf/HH volunteers are currently serving in Kenya.
- Except for 1980 (5) and 1982 (6), every year the Peace Corps sends only 1 or 2 Deaf/HH volunteers.
- The Peace Corps did not send any Deaf/HH volunteers in-country for a total of 8 years (maybe no volunteers, or they did not make it through their strict screening process).
- I will be the 63rd Deaf/HH volunteer.
- And lastly, I am the OLDEST Deaf/HH volunteer in history!
All credit and gratitude go to Norma Moran, Jean Bergay, and Daisy Cartwright for compiling these statistics.
Note: All counts are of those that are Deaf or Hard of Hearing only. Hearing volunteers that worked in the Deaf Education section were not counted.
Note: All counts are of those that are Deaf or Hard of Hearing only. Hearing volunteers that worked in the Deaf Education section were not counted.
Hi Jay! Just saw this. Actually, there are no official stats on the # of Deaf/HH who ETed but I can say it's wayyy higher than 7. For Kenya alone, I know of 5 Deaf/HH who ETed between 1999 and 2007.
ReplyDeleteI think we do have official stats -- Daisy Cartwright along with another lady went to Gally and did research and collected detailed stats of all Deaf and HH volunteers that served the Peace Corps. Inbox me if you would like for me to email you the document that this post was based on.
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